Design criteria for a barrier-based gas-liquid flow distributor for parallel microchannels

Al-Rawashdeh M; Fluitsma LJM; Nijhuis TA; Rebrov EV; Hessel V; Schouten JC

Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol.181, 549-556, 2012

DOI10.1016/j.cej.2011.11.086 Export Citation

Design criteria for a barrier-based gas-liquid flow distributor for parallel microchannels

Al-Rawashdeh M, Fluitsma LJM, Nijhuis TA, Rebrov EV, Hessel V, Schouten JC

This paper presents criteria for the design of a flow distributor for even distribution of gas and liquid flows over parallel microchannels. The design criteria are illustrated for the case of a nitrogen-water Taylor flow (1

Keywords:Microreactor;Multiphase flow;Taylor flow;Numbering-up;Scale-up;Fabrication tolerance